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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 57442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18079]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Telecommunications and Information Administration

Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB 
Review; Comment Request; NTIA internet Use Survey

    The Department of Commerce will submit the following information 
collection request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 
1995, on or after the date of publication of this notice. We invite the 
general public and other Federal agencies to comment on proposed, and 
continuing information collections, which helps us assess the impact of 
our information collection requirements and minimize the public's 
reporting burden. Public comments were previously requested via the 
Federal Register on June 2, 2023 during a 60-day comment period. This 
notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments.
    Agency: National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 
(NTIA), Commerce.
    Title: NTIA internet Use Survey.
    OMB Control Number: 0660-0021.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Revision of a current information collection.
    Number of Respondents: 50,000 households.
    Average Hours per Response: \1/6\ hour (10 minutes).
    Burden Hours: 8,334.
    Needs and Uses: Data from the NTIA internet Use Survey will be used 
to help inform federal policies related to digital equity and other 
internet-related issues. As required by law, 47 U.S.C. 
1723(d)(3)(A)(i), certain estimates from this data collection will be 
used as inputs into the State Digital Equity Capacity Grant Program 
funding formula. More generally, NTIA will use the data both in 
relevant publications and to help inform policymakers. Additionally, a 
public use dataset that protects respondent confidentiality will be 
created by the Census Bureau and made available by both agencies for 
use by researchers and other members of the public.
    Affected Public: Individuals and households.
    Frequency: Biennial.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    Legal Authority: 47 U.S.C. 902(b)(2)(M), (P).
    This information collection request may be viewed at 
www.reginfo.gov. Follow the instructions to view the Department of 
Commerce collections currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be submitted within 30 days of the publication of 
this notice on the following website www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 
Find this particular information collection by selecting ``Currently 
under 30-day Review--Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search 
function and entering either the title of the collection or the OMB 
Control Number 0660-0021.

Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of the Under Secretary for 
Economic Affairs, Commerce Department.
[FR Doc. 2023-18079 Filed 8-22-23; 8:45 am]
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